Note: This is an older post that was updated in October 2019 The Maryland Court of Appeals decided Abrishamian v. Barbely, a pedestrian accident appeal from Montgomery County after a jury awarded only half of the client’s special damages (medical bills and lost wages) and gave $0.00 for pain…
In response to a call from one doctor for medical malpractice reform in Montana, Thomas C. Bulma, a Missoula lawyer, points out the following facts: Only one Montana dentist has been the subject of a lawsuit in Montana in the past 10 years. The dentist prevailed. Only one podiatrist was…
The new popular wisdom that gained currency last year is that doctors who apologize for their mistakes are less likely to face a medical malpractice lawsuit than doctors who refuse to come clean. This supports what medical malpractice lawyers have long claimed: patients are often most angered by concealment of…
I had a great morning. I arrived excited and ready to attack the day. This was the email in my in-box: name: George Hossfeld email: EmrgncyMD@[withheld] phone: ___________________ Interested In: You obviously do not have a clue re the mind of a doctor. We are ethical, moral and exist to help…
On Friday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals reversed a $3 million jury verdict in Cecil County v. Dorman. That statement over-magnifies the ruling. The jury verdict of $3 million is misleading because Maryland’s Local Government Tort Claim Act limited the actual verdict to $200,000. But the legal issues presented…
There is a split of opinion among personal injury lawyers whether plaintiffs should propound interrogatories before or after taking depositions, particularly in a case where there is a significant dispute as to liability. When looking at this question, it is important to acknowledge that defense lawyers in personal injury cases…
Five years ago, I had never heard of Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance. Now, I’m seeing more and more Ameriprise claims that involve an Ameriprise insured defendant. Ameriprise does not have a lot of market share in Maryland. But the Ameriprise website claims it is one of the fastest-growing insurance…
Big summer for the Maryland Court of Appeals in personal injury/medical malpractice appellate opinions. The latest in a recent spate of Maryland high court opinions, McQuitty v. Spangler, involves a tragic case of a boy who was born with severe cerebral palsy. Facts of this Birth Injury Case The plaintiff’s lawyer…
How many medical malpractice trials have there been in Washington D.C. this year? Ummm, let’s see, medical malpractice lawsuits are out of control. I know this because I read the Forbes article repeating the “malpractice lawsuits are running amok and medical malpractice lawyers are the problem” mantra. So how many…
The Maryland Court of Appeals has two big cases in 2009—a lead paint case and a medical malpractice claim – in which plaintiffs seek a path around Maryland’s non-economic damages cap after big jury verdicts. Plaintiffs lost Round 1 today. [2019 update: And Round 2, Round 3, and so on.…